Playing and editing Combinations
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Creating Splits and Layers
Splits and Layers
Let’s create a Combination that combines both splits and
layers, like the diagram below:
1. Access the COMBI> PROG page.
2. Select a piano sound for Timbre 1, a brass sound for
Timbre 2, and a string sound for Timbre 3.
3. For timbres 1–3, set Status to INT.
4. Access the C-TIMBRE MIDI page.
5. For timbres 1–3, set the MIDI Channel to Gch (Global
channel).
6. Access the C-ZONE/DELAY> KEY ZONE page.
7. For timbre 1, set “Top Key” to G9 and Bottom Key to
C4.
You can also enter a note value by moving the cursor to
the parameter in the display, then holding down the
ENTER button and pressing a note on the keyboard.
8. For timbre 2 and timbre 3, set the Top Key to B3 and
the Bottom Key to C-1.
Key Zone Slope
In addition to “hard” splits,
where the sound changes
abruptly, you can use the Slope parameters to gradually fade
a sound in or out over a range of keys.
We’ll make some changes to the example shown above.
1. In the example above, you could set the Bottom Key of
timbre 1 to G3, and set the Top Key of timbre 2 to G4,
so that these two timbres overlap.
2. Next, if you set the Bottom Slope of timbre 1 to 12, and
set the Top Slope of timbre 2 to 12, the sound will
change gradually instead of changing suddenly.
Creating Velocity Switches
Next, let’s create a simple velocity switched Combination,
like the diagram below:
1. Access the COMBI> PROG page.
2. Select a brass sound for Timbre 1, and a string sound
for Timbre 2.
3. For timbres 1 and 2, set the Status to INT.
4. Access the C-TIMBRE MIDI page.
5. For timbres 1 and 2, set the MIDI Channel to Gch
(Global MIDI channel).
6. Access the C-ZONE/DELAY> VEL ZONE page.
7. For timbre 1, set the Top Velocity to 127 and the
Bottom Velocity to 64.
You can also enter a velocity value by moving the cursor
to
the parameter in the display, then holding down the
ENTER button and playing a note on the keyboard.
8. For timbre 2, set the Top Velocity to 63 and Bottom
Velocity to 1.
Velocity Zone Slope
Similar to Key Zone Slopes, as described above, these let
you fade sounds in and out gradually over a velocity range,
instead of a simple hard switch.
We’ll make some changes to the example shown above.
1. Set the velocity zones of the two timbres so that they
partially overlap.
2. Set the Top Slope and Bottom Slope so that the sound
changes gradually, rather than abruptly between
velocity values 63 and 64.
C–1
C4
G9
B3
Piano
Timbre 1
Brass
Timbre 2
Strings
Timbre 3
127
64
63
1
Strings
Velocity
switch
Timbre 1
Timbre 2
Brass
Editing a combination
Status settings
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Status settings
Adjust these settings in the COMBI> PROG page.
This controls the status of MIDI and the internal tone
generator for each Timbre. Normally, if you’re playing an
internal Program, this should be set to
INT.
If the status is set to
Off,
EXT, or
EX2, that Timbre’s
internal sounds will not be played.
Off simply disables the
Timbre entirely. The
EXT and
EX2 settings allow the
Timbre to control an external MIDI device.
For details, please see “Status” on page 71 of the Parameter
Guide.
MIDI settings
MIDI Channel
Adjust these settings in the C-TIMBRE> MIDI page.
Timbres that you wish to play from the KROSS’s keyboard
must be set to the global MIDI channel. Your playing on the
keyboard is transmitted
on the global MIDI channel, and will
trigger any timbre that matches this channel. Normally you
will set this to Gch. When this is set to
Gch, the MIDI
channel of the timbre will always match the global MIDI
channel, even if you change the global MIDI channel.
On some preloaded Combinations, Timbres used by the
arpeggiator may have their MIDI Channels set to
something other than Gch. These will be timbres that
play only when the arpeggiator is on, which is a very
useful technique for creating “Apreggiator based”
Combinations.
For details, please see “Arpeggiator
settings in
Combination and Sequencer modes” on page 70. In
particular, note the relationships between arpeggiator A/
B assignments and the MIDI Channel.
Bank Select (when status=EX2)
When the
Status (COMBI> PROG) is set to
EX2, these
parameters allow you to transmit MIDI Bank Select
messages to external MIDI devices.
MIDI filter settings
Adjust these settings in the C-MIDI FILTER> 1–4 pages.
For each MIDI Filter item, you can specify whether or not
the corresponding MIDI message will be transmitted and
received. The
checked items will be transmitted and
received.
The MIDI filters don’t turn the
functions themselves on or
off. Instead, the filter just controls whether or not that MIDI
message will be transmitted and received.
For example, if portamento is on, portamento will be applied
to the internal KROSS sound even if Enable Portamento SW
is unchecked.
As another example, let’s say that you’ve selected a bass
Program for Timbre 1, and a piano Program for Timbre 2,
with the goal of creating a bass/piano split. You could
choose the following settings so
that pressing the damper
pedal affects only Timbre 2’s piano sound:
1. Access the C–MIDI FILTER> 1 page.
2. Un-check the Damper (Enable Damper) box for
Timbre 1.
3. Check the Damper (Enable Damper) box for
Timbre 2.
Changing the program settings to
match the combination
You can make various changes to Programs within the
context of a particular Combination to make them fit better
with other Programs, or to create particular sonic effects.
These changes do not affect the original Programs, or how
those Programs sound in other Combinations. (see page 77
of the Parameter Guide)
Timbre oscillator settings
Adjust these settings in the C-TIMBRE> OSC page.
Force OSC Mode
If you wish to force a polyphonic program to sound
monophonically, set this either to Mono or Legato.
Conversely, set this to
Poly if you wish to force a
monophonic program to play polyphonically.
Normally this should be set to
PRG, so that the sound will
play as set by the original Program.
For details, please see “Force OSC Mode” on page 77 of the
Parameter Guide.
OSC Select
If the timbre is using a
Program where the Oscillator Mode
is
Double, and you want only OSC1 or OSC2 (not both) to
sound, set this to
onlyOSC1 (only OSC1 will sound) or
onlyOSC2 (only OSC2 will sound).
Normally, this should be set to OSC1&2.
